Re-distributed Manufacturing for the Resilient, Sustainable City
Implications of new manufacturing technologies for small-scale, distributed manufacturing in Bristol
rdmrsc A fascinating report from the Centre for Cities describes the changing economies of British cities over the past 100 years. They find that the key drivers of change have been:
Conference Notes from Anthony Soroka
The SDM-2016 organised by KES International and Cardiff University took place on the 4th – 6th April in Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece. SDM-2016 consisted of keynote talks on theme of …
A “social enterprise” is “a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community” (defined by the UK Department of Trade and Industry in 2002). This meeting on 2…
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There has been an announcement of a new hi-tech engineered bike created using Additive Layer Manufacturing. This is a great collaboration between @robotbikeco, @renishawplc, @HiETATech & Altair.
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From Jude Sherry, University of Bath
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Bristol is a city that prides itself on its independence, which can be seen in its own local currency, a celebration of independent retailers, and local food producers.
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